MoDs Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I've installed Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.9 (JaS 10.4.8, then combo update to 10.4.9) on an empty HD. During installation i didn't create partitions, i let Mac to take just the whole HD. It's formatted with journaling. Now, is there a way to install windows XP (and have a dual-boot) without destroying Mac, because i have lots of important stuff on my HD? I know it's hard, if not impossible. But i hope someone can help me out with this. Will bootcamp work? Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 here is a link to resize mac partitions on osx86, but I've never tried it... you could theoretically resize your mac partition with this and install windows. Otherwise, if you don't need intensive 3d usage, you may want to consider virualization solutions such as parallels desktop or vmware fusion. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-415605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Do you perhaps have a second drive that you can install? That way you don't have to take any chances with your data on your OSX drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-415662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoDs Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Thanks. I've successfully resized the HD and created a 20GB Fat32 partition. Now, if i put in Windows Installation disk and let it installed, windows *will* remove the booting info of Mac, ie. i won't be able to boot to Mac again. How do i install windows and have a nice dual-boot? PS: - I have Hiren's BootCD v8.6 - My newly created partition is well beyond the 1024 cylinders limit, ie. it can't be set to boot from. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-415708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiftOnYou Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 get acronis boot loader... should work fine with Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-415759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoDs Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 I followed the steps in this guide http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate After reboot, saw two choices: "Windows XP" and "Mac OS x86". That was a good sign. When i selected "Mac OS x86", nothing seemed to happen. The screen went black as if something was about to load (or happen), then the menu just appeared again. That's it. I chose "Windows XP" and it booted successfully. Someone, please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-415767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Don't know...did you make osx the primary and active partition? Try also booting -v and seeing what it says, and -x -v... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-415770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoDs Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Here's the last update:I put the Mac Installation DVD and from the utility menu i ran Terminal. I typed "fdisk -u /dev/rdisk0" to rewrite my MBR without altering the partition table. After reboot i was able to boot the Mac successfully.After that, i put the Hiren's Boot CD and ran "Super FDisk" and installed a boot manager. I created two entries: one for XP and other for Mac.After reboot, i got the manager and booted XP successfully. Another reboot, then i chose "Mac" to boot and i got the same error: "HFS+ partition error"It seems indeed that if the MBR is altered, Mac won't boot.I don't know how to get both of them working. I'm so frustrated :(Finally it worked!!!I used eXtended FDisk boot manager instead of SuperFDisk's manager!!!At last... Thanks for helping me out guys. I really appreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-415789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I followed the steps in this guide http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate After reboot, saw two choices: "Windows XP" and "Mac OS x86". That was a good sign. When i selected "Mac OS x86", nothing seemed to happen. The screen went black as if something was about to load (or happen), then the menu just appeared again. That's it. I chose "Windows XP" and it booted successfully. Someone, please? This is pretty normal with a lot of motherboards. The trick is to hit F8 quickly after choosing your OSX partition. This will open the Darwin bootloader and you simply choose OSX again and it should boot with no problems. This is not a fault with your install. It is just how the bootloader interacts with many motherboards (probably many more than not). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-416110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 (MoDs @ Jul 27 2007, 12:24 AM) *I followed the steps in this guide http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate After reboot, saw two choices: "Windows XP" and "Mac OS x86". That was a good sign. When i selected "Mac OS x86", nothing seemed to happen. The screen went black as if something was about to load (or happen), then the menu just appeared again. That's it. I chose "Windows XP" and it booted successfully. Someone, please? This is pretty normal with a lot of motherboards. The trick is to hit F8 quickly after choosing your OSX partition. This will open the Darwin bootloader and you simply choose OSX again and it should boot with no problems. This is not a fault with your install. It is just how the bootloader interacts with many motherboards (probably many more than not). Oh, that old problem! Yes, to permanently fix it, (if it is indeed that), I think you should just use the darwin bootloader, instead of acronis Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58197-windows-xp-after-mac-tiger/#findComment-416118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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